Burlington Township man indicted in sex assault

TRENTON — A Burlington Township man has been indicted on charges stemming from alleged sexual assaults on a 9-year-old girl several years ago, prosecutors said.

Ronald Lowery, 45 of Ivory Court, is accused of assaulting the daughter of a woman acquaintance on two occasions in 2004. Both assaults occurred in the girl’s home in Trenton, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

The girl, who is now 16, reported the alleged incidents to a school counselor last September, DeBlasio said. The counselor reported the incidents to police, and Lowery was arrested.